Legal Opinion
Arthur v. Dunn
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided July 19, 2016No. CASE NO.2:11-CV-438-WKWPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
W. Keith Watkins, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
For more than thirty-one years, Plaintiff Tommy Arthur, an Alabama death-row inmate, has litigated in the state and federal courts1 of Alabama, and in the Eleventh Circuit and the United States Supreme Court, as is his right.2 The present case has been in litigation since June 8, 2011. Under controlling law, Arthur’s bottom-line task here and now is very clear and forthright: Proceeding under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 without challenging the judgment of execution, he must provide a known and available alternative for what…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Arthur v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016